By and large, the histories of East and West Germany have been studied in relative isolation. And yet, for all their differences, the historical trajectories of both nations were interrelated in complex ways, shaped by economic crises, social and cultural changes, protest movements, and other phenomena so diffuse that they could hardly be contained by the Iron Curtain. Accordingly,A History Shared and Dividedoffers a collective portrait of the two Germanies that is both broad and deep. It brings together comprehensive thematic surveys by specialists in social history, media, education, the environment, and similar topics to assemble a monumental account of both nations from the crises of the 1970s toand beyondthe reunification era.

Frank Bösch is Director of the Center for Contemporary History Research and Professor of German and European History of the 20th Century at the University of Potsdam. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books on political, social, and media history, includingMass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present (English edition: Berghahn, 2015).

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Introduction: Divided and Connected: Perspectives on German History since the 1970sFrank Bösch

Chapter 1. Political Transformations in East and WestFrank Bösch and Jens Gieseke

Chapter 2. Economic Crises, Structural Change, and International EntanglementsRalf Ahrens and André Steiner

Chapter 3. Entangled Ecologies: Outlines of a Green History of Two or More GermanysFrank Uekötter

Chapter 4. Social Security, Social Inequality, and the Welfare State in East and West GermanyWinfried Süß

Chapter 5. Rationalization, Automation, and Digitalization: Transformations in WorkRüdiger Hachtmann

Chapter 6. The Individualization of Everyday Life: Consumption, Domestic Culture, and Family StructuresChristopher Neumaier and Andreas Ludwig

Chapter 7. Paths to Digital Modernity: Computerization as Social ChangeJürgen Danyel and Annette Schuhmann

Chapter 8. Educational Rivalries: The Transition from a German-German Contest to an International CompetitionEmmanuel Droit and Wilfried Rudloff

Chapter 9. Mobility and Migration in Divided GermanyMaren Möhring

Chapter 10. Sports and Society in the Rivalry between East and WestJutta Braun

Chapter 11. Bridge over Troubled Water? Mass Media in Divided GermanyFrank Bösch and Christoph Classen

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